Use of urine polymerase chain reaction to define the prevalence and clinical presentation of Trichomonas vaginalis in men attending an STD clinic

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-153

  Wendel, K A ^a,b,c   Erbelding, E J ^b,c   Gaydos, C A ^b   Rompalo, A M ^b,c,d  

^a Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSURIA; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM STAINING; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNITED STATES; URETHRA; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANIMALS; BALTIMORE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0037395379     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.2.151     Document Type: Article

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